England footballer Adam Johnson faces up to 10 years in jail after being found guilty of one count of sexual activity with a child.
The former Sunderland star was found guilty by majority verdict of sexual activity involving digital penetration with a 15-year-old girl in his Range Rover on January 30, but was cleared of a second charge of sexual activity involving oral sex on the same date.
Judge Jonathan Rose of the Bradford Crown Court said Johnson would be sentenced later this month and that he was granting him bail so he can ‘say goodbye to your daughter,’ as he faces up to 10 years behind bars.
The England international had previously pleaded guilty to one count of sexual activity with a child – namely, kissing the girl – and one count of child grooming.
Johnson groomed the teenage girl in a series of text messages after she added him on Facebook on December 31, 2014, before the pair met in Johnson’s Range Rover on January 17 behind a Chinese takeaway in County Durham.
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| Johnson’s ex Stacey Flounders hides her face. Image: Mirror |
During a second meeting in the vehicle on January 30, Johnson kissed the teenager before he performed a sex act on the girl.
The victim said she became ‘uncomfortable and awkward about where it may end’ and asked they bring the meeting to an end.
Within hours, Johnson sent the following text to the girl: “Wasn’t bad was it? Lol.
Johnson, 28, was arrested at his £1.8m mansion in Castle Eden, Co Durham in March and denied all charges until the start of the trial two weeks ago.
His girlfriend and mother of his child, Stacey flounders, has left him as a result and the 15-year-old victim says his actions ‘turned her life upside down’.
Sunderland said in light of his guilty pleas they had torn up his £60,000-a-week contract “with immediate effect”.
Source: Mirror
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